Cough remedy



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC lVILLIAM J. COREY, OF GEORGETOWN, DELAlVARE.

COUGH RfE MEDY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,058, dated February 10, 1891.

Application filed August 8, 1890. Serial No. 861,446. (No specimens.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. COREY, a citizen of the United States,residingat Georgetown, in the county of Sussex and State of Delaware, have invented a new and useful Medical Compound, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a remedy for the treatment of coughs, colds, andpulmonary diseases.

The invention consists in the following ingredients, combined in the proportions stated,

r viz: hops, (Hwmtlus) two ounces; mullein,

(Verbascmm) four ounces; hoarhound-tops, (Marrubimm) one ounce; wild-cherry-root bark, (Prunus l z'rginicmcg) eight ounces; wild-poplar bark, (Populus) four ounces;

-pipsissewa-tops, (Ohimaphilm) one ounce;

comfrey-root, (Symphytum,) one and one-half ounce; conquering tom (Gcntzana Andrewsm, Grzseln) one and one-fourth ounce; granu-' lated sugar, ten pounds; pure apple-vinegar,

boiled down to one and one-half gallon, and

and the boiling continued until the entire contents of the vessel are reduced to one and a half gallon, and the mixture is then allowed to cool. Add a half-pint of pure applevinegar, with one-half ounce of saltpeter, and dissolve. hen the mixture is at blood-heat, pour the same on pure pine-tar and let it stand forty-eight hours, and it is then ready for use. 7

In compounding the mixture both the tops and the roots of mullein are used.

The mixture is administered in doses of one table-spoonful four timesa day for adults and one-half the quantity for children.

This medicine is a remedy for consumption in its second stage, for bronchitis, coughs, colds, la grippe, and also kidney diseases.

lVhat I claim is A remedy for coughs and colds and pulmonary diseases and the like, consisting of hops, mullein, hoax-hound, Wild-cherry-root bark, wild-poplar bark, pipsisseWa-tops, comfreyroot, conquering tom, (Gentiana Andrew-sit,

XVILLIAM J. COREY.

Witnesses: I W. D. ADAMS, Jos. P. MORRIS. 

